Age of Jackson

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.
• Native Americans.
• the common people.
• states'  rights supporters.

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Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

• the spoils system.
• Jacksonian democracy.
• mudslinging.
• a corrupt bargain.

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The Trail of Tears refers to

• Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
• the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
• government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
• the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory.

Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?

• He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
• He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
• He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
• He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.

Common people in charge.

• Self-Made

• Checks & Balances

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Spoils System

Dispute over state's rights.

• Nullification Crisis

• State's Rights

• Tariff of Abominations

• Nominating Convention

In this case, the Supreme Court gave itself the power of judicial review

• Marbury v Madison

• Worcester v Georgia

• Gibbons v Ogden

• McCulloch v Maryland

What did the Supreme Court rule in Worcester v Georgia?

• the Cherokee Indians had to move from their land in Georgia to Oklahoma

• Cherokee are sovereign people and the laws of Georgia do not apply to them

• the Supreme Court supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830

To nullify a law means …

• to agree to the law
• to secede.
• to void or cancel the law.
• to vote on the law.

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• foreign goods
• american made goods
• ice cream
• slaves